Improvement in cook-room refrigerators and condensers



P. D. VAN DEVENTER.

Refrigerator.

Patented Nov. 8, 1870.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

PRESLEY D. VAN DEVENTER, OF WRIGHT CITY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN COOK-ROOM REFRIGERATORS AND CONDENSERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 109,081, dated November8, 1870.

I, PRESLEY D. VAN DEVENTER, of Wright City, in the county of Warren,State of Missouri, have invented a Cook-Room Refrigerator and Condenser,of which the followingis a specification:

N atnre and Objects of the Intention.

My invention relates to the inclosing of a cook-stove in such a mannerthat the heat radiated from it and the odor of anything being cooked orheated on or in it shall not escape into the room, but shall pass out ofthe house; the object of my invention being to prevent a cook-room frombeing heated by the cookstove in warm weather, and to prevent the odorof anything on the stove from escaping into the cooleroom.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a view of my invention when the doors are closed. Fig. 2 isa view of my invention when the doors are open.

General Description.

A A A A is a box which incloses the stove, which box should beconstructed of zinc or some thin metal, a non-conductor of heat, andextend from the floor to the ceiling of the room. B is the cook stove,which is inclosed within the box A. G G are doors, which are secured tothe box A by hinges P 1? P P, and fast ened by the hasp Q Q. D D arespaces or cold-air ducts in the sides of and at the bottom of the box A,and at the floor of the room T, through which cold air passes thence upbetween the sides of the stove B and the inside of the box A. E is theventilating-flue, and commences at the top of the box A and at theceiling N, and extends through the roof 0. F is the pipe of thecook-stove. G is a glass in the front door, 0, of the box A, throughwhich the cook may see the stove B, and anything she may have on it. Eis a small door below the glass G, which may be raised, and sad-irons orother small articles be put in on the stove B or be taken out withoutopening any of the larger doors 0 G. J is a conical cap over the top ofthe flue E. K-is a rod extending from the cap J to within the reach ofthe cook at the door 0, and is secured to the cap J at the point M onthe side of the cap J. B is a rod extending through the strips S, whichsupport the cap J and the upper edge of the flue E, and thus allow thecap J to be moved.

When it is desired to have more light on the top of the stove B than isafforded by the glass G, the cap J is pulled over by the rod K, and theunobstructed light falls upon the top of the stove B through the flue E.

N is the ceiling of the room. 0 is the roof of the house. T is the floorof the room.

A fire is made in the stove B, and food to be cooked is placed thereon.The doors 0 O are closed. The process of cooking is observed through theglass G. No heat or odor escapes into the room.

The cold air passing in at the air-ducts D, thence up on all sides ofthe stove B, and between it and the inside of the box A, prevents thebox A from becoming heated, because the air in the spaces at the sidesof the stove, as it becomes heated, passes up and out of the flue E, andits place is supplied by cold air drawn in at the ducts D D.

I do not claim the stove B or pipe 13 or any improvements thereon.

Claim.

I claim as my invention- The boxA A, the doors 0 O and H, the glass G,the flue E, the cap J, and the rod K, all of which combined constitutethe cookroom refrigerator and condenser, substantially as and for thepurposes hereinbefore set forth.

PRESLEY D. VAN DEVENTER.

Witnesses ARTHUR H. HEIDELBACH,

JAMES B. OLIVER.

